The Summer Exhibition is put on at the Royal Academy as an annual celebration of all sectors of art. I try and go to the Summer Exhibition every year, as usual this year had a fantastic display of artwork from Royal Academician’s, emerging and established artists. It is curated by a committee of RA’s who are internationally renowned artists and architects, the co-ordinator this year was Christopher Le Brun RA, Michael Craig-Martin RA curated one of the largest galleries and the Architecture Room was curated by Piers Gough RA and Alan Stanton RA. Over 12,000 works are submitted and 1,200 exhibited with more than 100 artists included who have not previously exhibited. So it’s no surprise that there’s an endless list of pieces that stood out to me this year, to name but few:
The stunning paintings and prints by Eileen Cooper RA, ‘Deep Impact’ an incredible mixed media piece by Keith Tyson hung next to the contrasting ‘G, 2010’ by Lisa Milroy RA and ‘Skyline, 2007’ by Christine Baumgartner. Beautiful etchings by Norman Ackroyd RA, ‘Storm II’ by Tim Hall, George Baselitz, the intricate ‘Meyer’s Encyclopeadia, Vol II’ by Alexander Korzer-Robinson, the striking painting ‘I Assume a Passive Attitude and I Wait’ by Michele Drascek, ‘Funnel’ by David Nash and ‘Cartwheeler’ by Melanie Comber. ‘Girl Ascending’ by Lisa Wright, Sir Anthony Caro's drawings, sculptures ‘Are You Ready For Harvest?’ Silvio Zivkovic and ‘Dog In a Bin’ by Simon Brundret, Jenny Saville and ‘Bananadosh’ by Petros Chrisostomou.
There is such a diverse range of artwork on show there really is something there to suit everyone’s taste, the exhibition runs from June for about a month and entry forms for next year’s submissions will be released in January 2012.
'Trance', Eileen Cooper
'Deep Impact', Keith Tyson
‘Meyer’s Encyclopeadia, Vol II’, Alexander Korzer-Robinson
‘I Assume a Passive Attitude and I Wait’, Michele Drascek
‘Bananadosh’, Petros Chrisostomou
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